Tony Cascarino: I wish I could face modern defenders

A friend recently asked me how I would do in the modern game. I’m not sure about technical ability or athleticism but I would certainly score a lot of headed goals.

I would love to have taken on some of the defenders in the Premier League today — not only are they poor in the air they seem to have no desire or fight when it comes to challenging opposition strikers. Some of the goals we saw this weekend were headers by players who were essentially unmarked.

Cech conceded three against Leicester and could find his place coming under threatMichael Regan/Getty Images

The game has changed a lot from my day when I’d have Tony Adams, Gary Pallister or Terry Butcher hanging from my neck.

These days it’s often the strikers who are sometimes doing the defensive headers from corners…